Automatic block for rocker chairs
AssigneeThe Berkline Corporation
InventorsGlen L. Rasnick, Ronald H. Cordover
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Abstract
A rocker chair has a table concealed in an arm thereof which is extendible into an operative horizontal position. A stop block member is slidably mounted on a side base member of the chair and is moved into an operative position wherein it is effective to prevent forward and backward rocking motion when the chair is in the upright position. An actuating cable is connected between the stop block and the table and is effective to automatically move the stop block into the operative position when the table is extended. The invention can be incorporated into a rocker/recliner chair or a simple rocker chair.
Claims13
In a rocker chair having a base member, rocker means cooperable with the base member and a table concealed in an arm of the chair and pivotable from a substantially vertical stored position to a substantially horizontal operative position,
- a stop block slidably mounted on said base member and normally retained in an inoperative position by resilient means so that rocking motion of the chair is unimpeded;
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- actuating means connected between said table and stop block whereby pivoting of said table into the operative position automatically slides said stop block into an operative position to arrest forward and backward rocking motion of the chair.
A rocker/recliner chair comprising:
- a base member and a rocker block having an arcuate bottom surface rockably seated on said base member;
- a linkage recling mechanism for moving the chair between the upright position and recline positions;
- front and rear arresting members pivotally connected with said reclining mechanism and operable thereby to engage said base member and prevent forward and backward rocking motion when the chair is in a recline position;
- a stop block slidably mounted on said base member and normally retained in an inoperative position by resilient means, said stop block being movable between the inoperative position and an operative position cooperable with said rocker block and said front arresting member to prevent forward and backward rocking motion of the chair when the chair is in the upright position;
- a table concealed within an arm of the chair and extendible to an open position;
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- actuating means connected between said stop block and table for automatically moving said stop block into the operative position when the table is extended.
A rocker chair comprising:
- a base member and a rocker block having an arcuate bottom surface rockably seated on said base member;
- a depending L-shaped member having a bottom leg secured to said rocker block;
- a stop block slidably mounted on said base member and normally retained in an inoperative position by resilient means, said stop block being movable between the inoperative position and an operative position cooperable with said rocker block and said bottom leg to prevent forward and backward rocking motion of the chair;
- a table concealed within an arm of the chair and extendible to an open position;
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- actuating means connected between said stop block and table for automatically moving said stop block into the operative position when the table is extended.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.